The invention discloses a
magnetic gradient tensor positioning method based on a symmetrical configuration plane array of a tri-axial
magnetometer shaped like a Chinese character 'ri', and belongs tothe technical field of magnetic target inversion. The method comprises the steps of configuring six three-axis magnetometers according to a specific configuration, so that sensitive axes of the related three-axis magnetometers are symmetrical about points O, O1 and O2 to form a symmetrical configuration plane array; synchronously acquiring measurement outputs of the six three-axis magnetometers byusing a multi-
channel data acquisition
system, converting the measurement outputs into a resolving coordinate
system to obtain independent component values for calculating
magnetic gradient tensors at symmetric points O, O1 and O2, constructing a corresponding
magnetic gradient tensor matrix, and calculating a mean value of distances between a
magnetic dipole and the symmetric points O, O1 and O2; calculating a position coordinate value x of the
magnetic dipole; calculating a unary quadratic equation by utilizing a
bisection method according to the coordinates; abandoning complex roots, solving a difference
value set corresponding to the remaining real roots, selecting an equation correct solution according to a minimum difference value principle, and obtaining the position coordinates yand z of the
magnetic dipole. The method is small in calculation amount and can realize quick positioning.